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ArticlePeerJ2017

Genetic effects on life-history traits in the Glanville fritillary butterfly.

Anne Duplouy, Swee C Wong, Jukka Corander, Rainer Lehtonen, Ilkka Hanski

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Article in PeerJ, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Anne Duplouy *Department of Biosciences, Metapopulation Research Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-7147-5199
Swee C Wong *Department of Biosciences, Metapopulation Research Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Jukka CoranderDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Rainer LehtonenInstitute of Biomedicine and Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Biomedicum, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-8343-0318
Ilkka HanskiDepartment of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAdaptation to local habitat conditions may lead to the natural divergence of populations in life-history traits such as body size, time of reproduction, mate signaling or dispersal capacity. Given enough time and strong enough selection pressures, populations may experience local genetic differentiation. The genetic basis of many life-history traits, and their evolution according to different environmental conditions remain however poorly understood.

methodsWe conducted an association study on the Glanville fritillary butterfly, using material from five populations along a latitudinal gradient within the Baltic Sea region, which show different degrees of habitat fragmentation. We investigated variation in 10 principal components, cofounding in total 21 life-history traits, according to two environmental types, and 33 genetic SNP markers from 15 candidate genes.

resultsWe found that nine SNPs from five genes showed strong trend for trait associations ( DISCUSSION: Our study provides further support for previously described trait associations within the Glanville fritillary butterfly species across different spatial scales. Although our results alone are inconclusive, they are concordant with previous studies that identified these associations to be related to climatic changes or habitat fragmentation within the Åland population.

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Association studyFragmented populationLife-historyMelitaea cinxiaPgi

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PMID28560112
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